4 Ways to Cut Words Without Cutting Substance
Dear Legal Writer: These are 4 great ways to cut words without losing substance.
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Monkey see.
Monkey do?
Try 4 sentence-snippers at the zoo:
🔪 “there are”
“Four monkeys play at the zoo today.”
—is shorter than—
“There are four monkeys playing at the zoo today.”
🔪 “of the”
“The monkey’s tail is long.”
—is shorter than—
“The tail of the monkey is long.” 🐒
🔪 “by the”
“The zoo’s decision is final.”
—is shorter than—
“The decision by the zoo is final.”
🔪 “in order to”
“You must hurry to get the bus to the zoo.”
—is shorter than—
“You must hurry in order to get the bus to the zoo.”
🦘 And watch out for that wild kangaroo!
Fondly,
💌 Amanda
P.S. Saturday sillies. 🙂